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No, I'm not talking about vim, I'm talking about old-school vi; because in vim you can actually issue a :bot and it'll move to the bottom of the file.
leeand00
Posted 2010-04-13T22:10:13.117
Reputation: 14 882
Moving the the very bottom of the file with vi
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From command mode, type the upper case letter 'G'.
Marnix A. van Ammers
Posted 2010-04-13T22:10:13.117
Reputation: 1 978
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Esc+Shift+Colon to get to the : prompt.
Then type any integer and ENTER to jump to that line number or...
$ to jump to the end line of the file.
Other uses of the $ in vi are:
E.g.
:1,$s/foo/bar/
this means: take the range of lines from 1 to the end of the file ($) and search them (s) for 'foo' and replace them with 'bar'.
I learned vi back in 1989 and I still use it today!
JethroSquid
Posted 2010-04-13T22:10:13.117
Reputation: 66
This one makes more sense to me, because $ is the end of the line too. – leeand00 – 2013-12-30T13:08:56.460
What about going back to the top of the file? – Josh K – 2010-04-13T22:32:10.780
2Prefix the G with a line number: 1G – coneslayer – 2010-04-13T22:35:20.333
1Alternatively :gg will bring you to the top – akid – 2010-04-13T23:34:21.440
1Or :1 to jump specifically to line one. – bpanulla – 2011-07-29T15:12:28.650